Comparison

30 Second Game vs 30 Seconds

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

30 Second Game

Features
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30 Seconds to Win, kids face wildly unpredictable challenges and have just 30 seconds to complete as many as possible. Silly, and full of energy, this game keeps everyone moving, thinking, and laughing.

About

30 Seconds

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30 SECONDS — the fast, funny party game for your phone. One phone. Two to eight teams. Thirty seconds on the clock. Describe as many words as you can before time runs out — without saying the word itself! — and rack up points for your team. First to the target score wins. Perfect for parties, family nights, road trips, the pub, or killing time with friends. No setup, no pieces to lose, no accounts — just pass the phone and play. HOW TO PLAY • Create your teams (2–8), each with its own colour. • Pick a deck and choose 5 or 10 words per card. • Hit start — you have 30 seconds to describe the words to your teammates. • Tap each word the moment they guess it. • Time's up? Tap any last-second guesses to count them, then pass to the next team. • First team to reach the target score wins. THREE DECKS • International — words any English speaker will know. • British — a big helping of British culture, plus the classics. • Dutch — Nederlandse woorden, merken en mensen (with universal words too). Thousands of words across the decks, dealt fresh so you can play game after game without repeats. BUILT TO FEEL GREAT • A beautiful, buttery-smooth countdown ring you can read across the room. • Satisfying haptics on every tap. • An audible countdown for the final five seconds, plus a chime and a rich buzzer you can feel — so you know time's up without looking. • The active team's colour floods the screen, so it's always clear whose turn it is. NO NONSENSE • 100% offline. Play anywhere. • No accounts, no sign-ups, no ads. • No data collected. What happens at game night stays at game night. Grab your friends, pick a deck, and let the describing begin. You've got 30 seconds… EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

30 Second Game3 screens
30 Seconds3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: 30 Second Game at 17.0 against 30 Seconds's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

30 Second Game ships an update every 3 weeks, 30 Seconds fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
30 Second Game versus 30 Seconds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter30 Second Game30 Seconds
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnees HansloMaxwell Burson

In-app purchases

None

30 Second Game

No in-app purchases

None

30 Seconds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 30 Second Game free?
30 Second Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 30 Seconds free?
30 Seconds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 30 Second Game or 30 Seconds have ads?
Neither 30 Second Game nor 30 Seconds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 30 Second Game or 30 Seconds?
30 Second Game ships an update every 3 weeks, and 30 Seconds fortnightly. Most recently, 30 Second Game was updated on October 25, 2026 and 30 Seconds on October 23, 2026.

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